tribalist C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈtraɪbəlɪst/ UK /ˈtraɪbəlɪst/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who favors loyalty to their own group above all else He was a tribalist who judged every idea by which side proposed it. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who favors loyalty... factionalistsectarianpartisanclannish ↔ Opposites cosmopolitanuniversalist Word family Related forms tribetribaltribalism Etymology AI details From tribal (from tribe, from Latin tribus 'a division of the Roman people') + the suffix -ist. tribus Latin tri Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # tribalist **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtraɪbəlɪst/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtraɪbəlɪst/ ## Meanings 1. a person who favors loyalty to their own group above all else ## Examples - He was a tribalist who judged every idea by which side proposed it. ## Synonyms - factionalist - sectarian - partisan - clannish ## Antonyms - cosmopolitan - universalist ## Related Forms - tribe - tribal - tribalism ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tribus - Root: tri ## Etymology From tribal (from tribe, from Latin tribus 'a division of the Roman people') + the suffix -ist. ## AI Etymology Tribalist is from tribal (from tribe, from Latin tribus 'a division of the Roman people') + the suffix -ist. Important recorded forms include tribus (Latin) and tri (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a person who favors loyalty to their own group above all else. The wider family includes related words such as tribe, tribal, and tribalism. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown